Recent content by KievLover

I haven't got the foggiest I'm afraid mate, I'm clueless about this sort of thing. It's not a sprawling house, but it's big, uninsulated etc.

Thanks for this, and Merry Christmas. This makes a lot of sense. I've been speaking to the OH trying to wrack our brains, because he looked up our spreadsheet and he actually thinks we used 200L the first month we were here, without heating on at all. But we can't be certain we weren't frazzled...

As far as I'm aware, they've never had the tank maintained. Foreman thinks it's not necessary because it's double bundled. But it's 18 years old - I checked with the manufacturer yesterday. I don't smell oil when around the tank, I smell a lot of oil when I'm in the room where the boiler is, it...

Nope. It's had a combination lock on it for 3/4rds of that time, and we live in an area that has a 0 crime rate. We'd also see/hear them pull up.

That's a bit worrying given that it's their business (a small plumbing firm). I haven't specifically asked for any of that to be checked. The house spent 10 months being refurbed and you would assume this would all be checked during that process, and during the process of them issuing the oil...

Yes, and that's the point. We got through 150 litres of oil in our first month here just for hot water. We have been unable to get the rads to work on a 19-20 degree setting, so have to have them all turned up on full, and been spending eye-bleeding (not even eye-watering) amounts of money on...

So these certificates can just be fudged to get them to say whatever you want them to say, and this efficiency percentage is just smoke and mirrors? That seems like a pretty awful way to try to get people to be more environmentally friendly. There are 3 figures. Efficiency nett: 95.1% (I did...

2. I don't know. It just says efficiency gross 89.5% and efficiency nett 95.1%. It also says the flue gas temp is 97.7 degrees C. 3. This is a landlord oil installation check, a CD/12 form, a bit like the annual gas safety inspection certificate, I guess. 4a. They have agreed to more fully...

Do you mean insulation in the home, or the room the boiler is in? They're not going to insulate the house, it's 270 years old, the man who owns it owns another 349, and he's just not going to spend the money. If insulation in the small outbuilding the boiler is in would make a difference...

Hi all, Newb here. I've been reading some of your threads and it seems there are some very smart folks here who may be able to help with a head-baffling question. We're in a rental home and we have a 20yo oil boiler, the Camray 5 95/130A. It's had the burner replaced with a Riello RD3 that the...